The Complete Works of George Washington
Revolutionary Correspondence, State Papers, and the Civic Legacy of the American FoundingBy George Washington, Washington Irving, Moncure D. Conway, Julius F. Sachse, Joseph Meredith Toner
Length49h 13m
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The Complete Works of George Washington gathers public papers, private correspondence, military dispatches, addresses, and reflective writings into a capacious record of revolutionary leadership and early republican statecraft. Moving from urgent battlefield orders to measured constitutional counsel and intimate letters, the volume reveals the range of eighteenth-century political prose: pragmatic, ceremonial, strategic, and morally searching. Landmark texts concerning independence, civil authority, national union, and retirement from office acquire added force when read alongside less formal documents that register the daily pressures of command and governance. The collection is framed by the labors of Washington Irving, Moncure D. Conway, Julius F. Sachse, and Joseph Meredith Toner, whose historical, bibliographical, and editorial interests help situate Washington within the culture of commemoration surrounding the American founding. Their combined perspectives connect documentary recovery with nineteenth- and early twentieth-century efforts to interpret the Revolution, preserve archival evidence, and define a usable national past. Together, these materials illuminate not a static icon but a public figure shaped by correspondence, institutions, conflict, and civic debate. Recommended for students of American history, political thought, and literary nonfiction, this volume offers an exceptional opportunity to encounter the founding era through its many registers of expression. Its breadth encourages readers to compare private deliberation with public principle and to trace the evolving language of republican responsibility across a single, richly documented corpus.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length49 hrs 13 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Legacy of Barack Obama
26Chapter XXIV.
2Life of George Washington by Washington Irving
27Chapter XXV.
3Chapter I.
28Chapter XXVI.
4Chapter II.
29Chapter XXVII.
5Chapter III.
30Chapter XXVIII.
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6Chapter IV.
31Chapter XXIX.
7Chapter V.
32Chapter XXX.
8Chapter VI.
33Chapter XXXI.
9Chapter VII.
34Chapter XXXII.
10Chapter VIII.
35Chapter XXXIII.
11Chapter IX.
36Chapter XXXIV.
12Chapter X.
37Chapter XXXV.
13Chapter XI.
38Chapter XXXVI.
14Chapter XII.
39Chapter XXXVII.
15Chapter XIII.
40Chapter XXXVIII.
16Chapter XIV.
41Chapter XXXIX.
17Chapter XV.
42Chapter XL.
18Chapter XVI.
43Chapter XLI.
19Chapter XVII.
44Chapter XLII.
20Chapter XVIII.
45Chapter XLIII.
21Chapter XIX.
46Chapter XLIV.
22Chapter XX.
47Chapter XLV.
23Chapter XXI.
48Chapter XLVI.
24Chapter XXII.
49Chapter XLVII.
25Chapter XXIII.
50Chapter XLVIII.
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